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December 18, 2021
The Troubled Insurance Sales Firm Behind Those Joe Namath Ads forMedicare Advantage
Benefytt Technologies has been shaking off lawsuits and regulators for years. It’s now peddling Medicare Advantage plans to seniors—where if someone picks a subpar plan, the results can be disastrous.
by Joanna Robin
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The network’s biggest luminaries begged Trump’s chief of staff to stop the January 6 riot. Then they went on the air to excuse it.
by Alex Shephard
The new film is set in a now-bulldozed Black neighborhood, so why is it all about whites and Puerto Ricans? Because it really takes place—bear with me—in Los Angeles.
by Timothy Noah
The long lobbying campaign of a handful of UFO obsessives and crank pseudoscientists is finally paying off.
by Jason Colavito
Tens of thousands of unhoused people in Los Angeles County suffered through a massive downpour this week. Now comes the bitter cold.
by Cora Currier
From the Archives:
Children have written requesting money for their parents, a bed to sleep in, and a better wheelchair to help them get around. There’s nothing feel-good about it. 

by Caleb Brennan

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